{"product_id":"9781472975324","title":"Out of Thin Air : Running Wisdom and Magic from Above the Clouds in Ethiopia","description":"\u003cstrong\u003eOut of Thin Air\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor(s): Michael Crawley\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Inspiring'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Guardian\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Excellent'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eRunner's World\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Fascinating' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'Through reading this book you will come to understand that the heart and soul of running are to be found in Ethiopia.' \u003c\/b\u003eHaile Gebrselassie\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.' \u003c\/b\u003eAdharanand Finn, author of \u003ci\u003eRunning with the Kenyans\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'\u003ci\u003eEthiopia is a place where I have been told that energy is controlled by angels and demons and where witchdoctors can help you to acquire another runner's power. It is a place where an anonymous runner in the forest told me, miming an imaginary scoreboard and with a completely straight face, that he had dreamt that he would run 10km in 25 minutes. It is a place where they tell me that the air at Mount Entoto will transform me into a 2.08 marathon runner. It is a place, in short, of wisdom and magic, where dreaming is still very much alive.\u003c\/i\u003e' \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWhy does it make sense to Ethiopian runners to get up at 3am to run up and down a hill? Who would choose to train on almost impossibly steep and rocky terrain, in hyena territory? And how come Ethiopian men hold six of the top ten fastest marathon times ever? \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eMichael Crawley spent fifteen months in Ethiopia training alongside (and sometimes a fair way behind) runners at all levels of the sport, from night watchmen hoping to change their lives to world class marathon runners, in order to answer these questions. Follow him into the forest as he attempts to keep up and get to the heart of their success.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eReview(s):\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e“Excellent” —\u003ci\u003eRunner's World\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Through reading this book you will come to understand that the heart and soul of running are to be found in Ethiopia. I welcome everyone to experience the Ethiopian love of running, and to come and have the same life altering experience that Michael had. Running is life!” —\u003ci\u003eHaile Gebrselassie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Inspiring ... evocative and easily paced ... \u003ci\u003eOut of Thin Air\u003c\/i\u003e peels back the layers of one of the world's most extraordinary and unexplored sporting cultures, and reveals a powerful simplicity at its core.” —\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Full of wonderful insights and lessons from a world where the ability to run is viewed as something almost mysterious and magical.” —\u003ci\u003eAdharanand Finn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A deep dive into the rich and complex culture that produces some of the best runners the world has ever seen.” —\u003ci\u003eAlex Hutchinson, author of Endure\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Fascinating ... This big-hearted tale will resonate with readers regardless of whether they've ever laced up a pair of running shoes.” —\u003ci\u003ePublishers Weekly\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eISBN:  9781472975324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e ","brand":"Bloomsbury Sport","offers":[{"title":"Hardback","offer_id":40816569581774,"sku":"9781472975324","price":24.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0600\/7029\/7806\/products\/getimage_133abe86-1d3a-43c8-9b44-3fa59554ac6f.jpg?v=1642835716","url":"https:\/\/pickwickbookshop.com\/products\/9781472975324","provider":"Pickwick Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}